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Agostino Bertani

Italian physician and politician
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Agostino Bertani (born Oct. 19, 1812, Milan—died April 10, 1886, Rome) was a physician who collaborated with Mazzini and Garibaldi in the movement for Italian liberation. Bertani took part in the March insurrection in Milan in 1848, organized an ambulance service for the republicans during their defense of Rome in 1849, and distinguished himself by his service in Genoa with Mazzini during the cholera epidemic of 1854. He was a surgeon in Garibaldi’s corps in...

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